_GETHSEMANE_ ‘Jesus … went forth with His disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden.’ John 18:1 I. SORROW EXPERIENCED.—The agony and bloody sweat (Matthew 26:36; Luke 22:44). II. INDIGNITY SUFFERED.—The traitor’s kiss (Matthew 26:49) and the soldiers’ assault (John 18:3_; _ John 18:1... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOT IF THIS WORLD_ ‘My kingdom is not of this world.’ John 18:36 It is time that defenders of the Christian Faith gave up apologising for it. If Christians are to conquer, it will be in the sign of the Cross; not by adopting the principles of their adversaries, but by the compelling audacity wit... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE KING JESUS_ ‘Pilate therefore said unto Him, Art Thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king.’ John 18:37 It was not as the Son of God that Jesus said this, but as the Son of Man. It would have been nothing that the Second Person in the Blessed Trinity should have been ‘a... [ Continue Reading ]